Tonya Chin

Recent Bay Area Rapid Transit strikes highlighted credit risks for local governments in that region, according to Fitch Ratings.

Stockton residents voted to approve a sales tax increase that will help the city fund its plan to exit Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

California is set to sell $300 million of floating rate general obligation bonds this week to finance various air safety and transportation projects.

If approved, Stockton’s plan to exit bankruptcy identifies negotiation strategies, legal ambiguities, and potential consequences for future municipal bankruptcies, according to Fitch Ratings.

A U.S. Department of Education's warning that California school testing legislation violates federal law is a credit negative for the state's school districts, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Public Financial Management, Inc. announced today that it has added public finance veteran Russ Branson to its San Francisco practice.

California's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will likely be management for state public power agencies, according to Fitch Ratings.

San Francisco's triple-A rated Bay Area Transit System is planning to sell $240 million of bonds next week to finance earthquake safety improvements throughout its facilities.

Bellevue School District in King County, Wash. is planning to sell $100 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds in a competitive offering next week to fund school construction throughout the district.

Moody’s Investors Service has completed its review of California tax allocation bond ratings, making 12 upgrades and nine downgrades and leaving most redevelopment bonds at speculative grade.

Standard & Poor's has upgraded Sausalito, Calif.'s general obligation bond rating two notches based on its recently released new local GO criteria.

The Alaska Municipal Bond Bank is planning to sell $77 million of general obligation bonds to help local governments finance school and water projects throughout the state.

In its first bond sale since 2006, the once bankrupt city of Vallejo, Calif. is planning to offer $19 million of water revenue refunding bonds next week.

California counties' savings from the health insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act will be offset by other state funding cuts, according to Moody's.

California sold $2.28 billion of general obligation bonds on Tuesday, which generated larger refunding savings than estimated.

After a four-day strike, union workers and San Francisco Bay Area Transit management have reached a tentative agreement on labor contracts.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District strike is a credit negative for the transit system, according to Moody's Investors Service.

More issuers are starting to turn to direct lending for new money borrowings, in addition to refundings, according to speakers at The Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference.

Standard & Poor's upgraded San Francisco's general obligation bond to AA-plus, its highest rating in the city’s history, according to Mayor Edwin Lee.

The state of Oregon is priced $410 million of revenue bonds for its Department of Transportation.